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Eddowes’ practice harnesses the nature of materials such as silicone and wax to explore the pattern created by iterative actions such as slicing, extrusion and compression. The repetition of these inherently imperfect actions reveals an overall form. Eddowes’ work draws on fundamental principles of painting such as colour mixing, transition of boundaries and rhythm. The restriction of an organised, repetitive process reveals organic and geometric forms that provoke a sense of wonder.

Sarah Eddowes has completed Masters degrees in both animation (UTS) and painting (National Art School). During her Bachelor of Fine Arts (UNSW), she spent a semester on exchange at L’École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris which deepened her understanding of materiality and introduced her to puppetry and animation. In 2017 she was selected by the National Art School for a ten week internship at Ikuntji Artists Aboriginal art centre in the Northern Territory which built on an existing dialogue with natural forms and processes and started an ongoing relationship with Central Australia. In 2018, Eddowes undertook the Red Gate Residency in Beijing where she took part in a final group exhibition at the Red Gate Gallery. She shows work at various Sydney and regional galleries.
Eddowes works from her studio in Erskineville, alongside teaching animation and playing in the Australian Army Band.